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KARU Delivering Quality Community Spirits

2023 has been an especially busy yr for Hawkesbury spirit-crafters Karu Distillery. Since Hills to Hawkesbury Community News final talked with Karu in March, they've continued to rack up acclaim worldwide for their high-quality products.
Their world-class Morita Chipotle Vodka emerged as the solely real platinum spirit within the Infused/Flavoured Vodka class on the latest Las Vegas Global Spirit Awards; their three different signature drinks additionally took house platinum ratings. Their lately debuted Orsa Coffee Gin liqueur took residence Best Liqueur and Best in Show on the Tasting Australia Spirit, and the Distillery gained a Hawkesbury Business Award and was a finalist within the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards.

For Karu’s head distiller Ally Ayres, who based the Distillery in 2018 with her husband Nick, says this year being Karu’s busiest thus far has also made it one of the best. She says: “We’ve taken on more workers, we’ve got a warehouse in Richmond now, we’re producing extra spirits – and we’re capable of get back out there after not being ready to for so long prior to now 4 years!”

Orsa is another spirit from Karu that might only be made within the Hawkesbury, due to a collaboration with Darren Gerbasch’s Little Coffee Co in the Blue Mountains. “We met Darren at a tourism beverage trail meeting a quantity of years ago, and he’s simply as keen about coffee as we're spirits. KARU Delivering Quality Community Spirits approached him and we requested him to teach us a bit about espresso expertise. He made a customized brew for us, and it was two or three months of R&D from critically getting began with it to where Orsa is at present.”

Karu Distillery Delivering Quality Community Spirits
Head distiller ally ayres with karu products and awards
Although the Karu team have been travelling throughout the nation and amassing awards on the international stage, they’ve continued to extremely worth the role of the group of their success. “Because Orsa was very much a collaboration of native companies, it’s been nicely received by the community – and we love to do these kinds of things,” says Ally. “It’s actually cool that after the quantity of stuff the neighborhood and business has gone by way of the final couple of years, we’ve been capable of get the spark back a bit and produce one thing that’s actually a group spirit!”

Reflecting on the 12 months that’s gone by, Ally has been able to find a lot of pleasure among the many busyness. “We’ve had extra events than traditional, more distillation and ferment days, extra barrels than traditional – and we’re having an actual fun time with that. We’re getting back on the market and cementing Australia as a spot of high quality and having the medals and trophies to prove that. It’s been really good!”


Ally, Nick and the Karu team have been exhausting at work creating plenty of spirits for the holiday season, whereas also planning a number of different products for 2024. Keep updated with the world-class local Distillery here: https://www.facebook.com/KaruDistillery

To hear more from Ally about Orsa, control our web site and Facebook for a video interview coming within the next week.



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